Press Events

Tuesday, July 03, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 Giulio Pugliese, Lecturer in War Studies (Japan and East Asian Security) King's College London Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Japan-China Power Politics" With events moving rapidly on the Korean Peninsula, China is already taking credit...

Monday, June 25, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English "Shosha Business and Outlook for Japan's Trade: Trade Wars – Lesson From the Past" Trade is the foundation of economic activity, one that builds prosperity and peace. Yet the term...

Friday, June 22, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 The speech and Q&A will be in English "North Korea – the 'Next Big Thing' for the East Asian Economy? " With the immediate threat of conflict on the Korean peninsula put "on hold" by the recent Singapore summit between US...

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Is the Korean Transition Manageable?" With reaction to the June 12 US-North Korea summit ranging from a historic and positive first step to an event lacking in substance, attention is now...

Monday, June 18, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Tochinoshin, the first Georgian and the third European pro sumo wrestler in Japan, who has been promoted to the second-highest rank in sumo, Ozeki, was recently awarded the...

Thursday, June 14, 2018, 13:00 - 14:00   Masayuki Tamaki, Sports and Music Critic Hiroshi Ikezawa, Japan Times Sports Division Manager Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English "Violence in Sports: How Big Is the Problem?" Rodney Dangerfield once joked that he went to...

Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Jesper Koll, Chief Executive Officer, WisdomTree Japan Inc. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English "The Cost of Reconstructing North Korea - Who Pays?" Jesper Koll has been researching and investing in Japan since becoming a resident in...

Monday, June 11, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 Takeo Harada, CEO & Representative of the Institute for International Strategy and Information Analysis, Inc (IISIA) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English "A Future Scenario for East Asia beyond North Korea Crisis" One day before the...

Tuesday, June 05, 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 Atsuhito Isozaki, Associate Professor, Keio University Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "A Trump-Kim Summit and Beyond" The US-North Korean nuclear poker remains as unpredictable as ever with the...

Friday, June 01, 2018, 16:00 - 17:00   Tetsuo Kotani, Associate Professor of Meikai University & Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English) One thing that many security analysts would agree on these days is that the traditional model...